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title: "My begonia is flowering for the first time, but I’ve noticed that…"
description: "My begonia is flowering for the first time, but I’ve noticed that several leaves have lost their “spots”. Does anyone know what causes this?"
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author: "Greenthumbhopeful"
published: "2025-08-12T02:35:00.563711Z"
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# My begonia is flowering for the first time, but I’ve noticed that…

_Posted by Greenthumbhopeful on 2025-08-12_

My begonia is flowering for the first time, but I’ve noticed that several leaves have lost their “spots”. Does anyone know what causes this?

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## 4 comments

### Zack commented on 2025-08-12

I know fertilizer can be an issue if you haven’t fed them properly. Lighting too, I believe there’s too much light, this would cause any variegation or pigmentation to deplete into more of a green “hardy” leaf since they adjusted to brighter light. My guess is move it another inch or two away from your light source :)

#### Greenthumbhopeful replied on 2025-08-13

Thank you!

### Zack commented on 2025-08-12

Lowkey kinda cool seeing it without the dots haha but we all want them

#### Greenthumbhopeful replied on 2025-08-13

Yes and the under side of the leaf is very red!

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